Synonyms for Hang fire:

• v.

  •defer (verb)
  • waive,
  • block,
  • extend,
  • prolong,
  • lengthen,
  • adjourn,
  • retard,
  • table,
  • hold up,
  • shelve,
  • detain,
  • stay,
  • stall,
  • remit,
  • slow,
  • impede,
  • obstruct,
  • delay,
  • hinder.
  •hang back (verb)
  • drop behind,
  • shrink back,
  • straggle,
  • hold back,
  • hang off,
  • stick,
  • lag behind,
  • stay back,
  • trail,
  • drop back,
  • hover,
  • shy away.
  •procrastinate (verb)
  • dawdle,
  • goldbrick,
  • loiter,
  • drag,
  • let slide,
  • linger,
  • play a waiting game,
  • give the run around,
  • tarry,
  • dally,
  • drag one's feet,
  • Shilly-shally.
  •stymie (verb)
  • choke off,
  • confound,
  • foil,
  • crimp,
  • thwart,
  • defeat,
  • corner,
  • puzzle,
  • cramp,
  • prevent,
  • snooker,
  • throw a monkey wrench into,
  • stonewall,
  • stump,
  • hang up,
  • cramp one's style,
  • balk,
  • dead-end,
  • cut off,
  • mystify,
  • crab,
  • nonplus.
  •suspend (verb)
  • bar,
  • can,
  • discontinue,
  • cut short,
  • reject,
  • debar,
  • cease,
  • file,
  • count out,
  • exclude,
  • interrupt,
  • pink-slip,
  • lay off,
  • omit,
  • withhold,
  • put off,
  • arrest,
  • break up,
  • rule out,
  • eject,
  • check,
  • eliminate.

• Other synonyms:

  •drag on
  • Recommence,
  • resume,
  • remain unfinished,
  • remain unsettled,
  • continue.
  •hang back
  • lagging behind,
  • drops behind,
  • dropping behind.
  •procrastinate
  • Hesitated,
  • playing for time,
  • plays for time,
  • give run around,
  • shillyshally,
  • drag feet.
  •stymie
  • choking off,
  • choked off,
  • cramp style,
  • dead-ends,
  • snookered.
  •Other relevant words:
  • be in abeyance,
  • stave off,
  • be still,
  • wait and see,
  • hang in suspense,
  • smolder,
  • be unproductive,
  • push aside,
  • be put off,
  • be postponed,
  • halt,
  • bide one's time,
  • reserve,
  • stop short,
  • come up short,
  • stop dead,
  • bring up short,
  • filibuster,
  • not budge,
  • be shelved,
  • vegetate,
  • peter out,
  • temporize,
  • recess,
  • stall for time,
  • come to nothing,
  • gain time,
  • slumber,
  • stretch out,
  • Fust,
  • come to naught,
  • while away the time,
  • sleep on,
  • sleep,
  • kick one's heels,
  • rest,
  • Prorogate,
  • wait,
  • flash in the pan,
  • lie dormant,
  • put aside,
  • coast,
  • make time,
  • falter,
  • hold,
  • pigeonhole,
  • idle,
  • draw up,
  • be delayed,
  • bring up,
  • sit back,
  • stagnate,
  • lie fallow,
  • stand over,
  • drift,
  • play for time,
  • pass the time,
  • be a sideliner,
  • be dilatory,
  • be suspended,
  • hibernate,
  • set by,
  • mark time,
  • drag out,
  • cool one's heels,
  • pause,
  • fizzle out,
  • sit it out,
  • stop,
  • smoulder,
  • beguile the time,
  • hesitate,
  • take time,
  • hold on,
  • vacillate,
  • fetch up.

Antonyms for Hang fire:

• v.

  • defer
    expedite, hasten, hurry, forward, advance, forge.
  • hang back
    forge ahead.
  • postpone
    maintain, continue, persevere, DO, carry out.
  • procrastinate
    finish, complete, quicken, go ahead, accelerate.
  • stymie
    encourage, assist, aid, help.
  • suspend
    sustain, persist, go.